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Greg Chism

I develop statistics and reproducible research curriculum as a Computational and Data Science Educator at the University of Arizona Data Science Institute, where my experience with image and video analysis and research ethics support my devotion to open science.

Education

Ph.D., Entomology and Insect Science (minor EEB)

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona

2022 - 2017

  • Advisor: Dr. Anna Dornhaus
  • Interdisciplinary research into how ant nest shapes affects how they behave
  • Considered the implications towards animal behavior and human architecture fields

B.S. Zoology

Santa Barbara, CA

University of California Santa Barbara

2016 - 2014

  • Advisors: Drs. Armand Kuris, Kevin Laugherty
  • Investigation into the food web of sandy beach arthropods
  • Graduated distinction within major (EEMB)

A.A. Biology

Redding, CA

Shasta Community College

2014 - 2012

Teaching and Mentorship

I am passionate about open science education. I believe that learning should be student focused, highlighting their stories, experiences, and backgrounds.

Research Compendium using GitHub and RStudio

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona

2022 - 2022

  • Created and taught a workshop series on reproducuble research compendium using GitHub and RStudio

Exploratory Data Analysis in R Workshop Series

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona

2022 - 2022

KEYS Program Educator

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona

2022 - 2022

  • Created and implemented an interactive Open Science Curriculum and taught introductory R/RStudio

Undergraduate Research Mentor

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona

2020 - 2018

  • Dornhaus lab: nine students mentored in producing publication quality data
  • Two students are coauthors on publications

Insect Discovery Teaching Assistant

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona

2019 - 2018

  • Taught insect science K-8 title I students through four on-campus workshops
  • Gave on-site interactive demonstrations on insect science at the Flandrau Planetarium

KEYS High school student Mentor

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona

2019 - 2019

  • Mentored an advanced high school student in data etiquette and hypothesis testing

SARSEF High school Student Mentor

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona

2018 - 2018

  • Mentored three high school students in data etiquette and hypothesis testing




Professional Development

Developing the Data Science Classroom

N/A

RStudio::conf(conf)

2022 - 2022

  • Equip educators with concrete information on content, workflows, and infrastructure for painlessly introducing modern computation with R and RStudio within a data science curriculum.

Data Carpentries Instructor

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona

2022 - 2022

  • Trained to provide high quality data science workshops that are inclusive and broad reaching

Data-driven Ecological Synthesis 2018

Montreal, Canada

Université de Montréal

2018 - 2018

  • Applying the R programming language to answer a diversity of biological questions

Published Research Compendium

AntColonyPerformance

GitHub repository

N/A

2022 - 2022

  • Zenodo published pre-release for a research compendium to reproduce in preparation research

NestArchOrg

GitHub repository

N/A

2022 - 2022

HumidityProject

GitHub repository

N/A

2022 - 2022




Publications

I have made meaningful contributions to my research community. Now I work to help others make a difference in their research communities and society.

Temnothorax rugatulus ants do not change their nest walls in response to environmental humidity

bioRxiv Preprint

N/A

2022 - 2022

  • Coauthored with Faron W., and Dornhaus A.

A hymenopteran odorant alerts flies to bury eggs

bioRxiv Preprint

N/A

2021 - 2021

  • Coauthored with Davis, S. M., Maurer, M. M., Trejo, J. E., Garcia, R. J., & Schlenke, T. A.

ABCTracker: an easy-to-use, cloud-based application for tracking multiple objects

arXiv Preprint

N/A

2020 - 2020

  • Coauthored with Rice, L., Tate, S., Farynyk, D., Sun, J., Charbonneau, D., … & Shin, M. C.

Intraindividual behavioral variability predicts foraging outcome in a beach-dwelling jumping spider

Scientific reports

N/A

2017 - 2017

  • Coauthored with Lichenstein, J.L.L, Pruitt J.N.

Published Datasets

Zenodo data repository for DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.30.498314

Zenodo dataset

N/A

2022 - 2022

  • Nest shape influences colony organization in ants: spatial distribution and connectedness of colony members differs from that predicted by random movement and is affected by nest space (1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6784395

Zenodo data repository for DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.30.498314

Zenodo dataset

N/A

2022 - 2022

Outreach and Service

ResBaz Arizona 2022

Tucson, AZ

N/A

2022 - 2022

  • Co-chair of ResBaz AZ 2022 organizational committee.

Insect Discovery Website

Tucson, AZ

N/A

2022 - 2022

  • Designed content for the Insect Discovery website, hosted by the UArizona Extension Program

Presentations

How nest shapes can influence colony level organization

Small intercontinental lab meet-up on colony organization and nest architecture in social insects

N/A

2021 - 2021

  • Invited talk

Nest architecture may influence ants the same was buildings influence humans

Advances in Complex Systems: From Ecology to Economics - Lake Como School of Adv. Studies

N/A

2019 - 2019

  • Invited talk

The influence of nest architecture on colony level organization in ants

UArizona SIAM Seminar series

N/A

2019 - 2019

  • Invited talk

Selected Awards

Carruth Award for Graduate Student Excellence

N/A

N/A

2021 - 2021

  • $500

GIDP - EIS Program Education Award

N/A

N/A

2020 - 2020

  • $250

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Award Accepted

N/A

N/A

2019 - 2019

  • $300,000